[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2320 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2320

  To allow States to use a portion of their welfare block grants for 
                      general education spending.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 23, 1999

Mr. Gary Miller  of California (for himself and Mr. Green of Wisconsin) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
  To allow States to use a portion of their welfare block grants for 
                      general education spending.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. RESTORATION OF STATE AUTHORITY TO USE 10 PERCENT OF WELFARE 
              BLOCK GRANT FUNDS FOR TITLE XX PROGRAMS; AUTHORITY TO USE 
              PORTION OF SUCH FUNDS FOR GENERAL EDUCATION SPENDING.

    Section 404(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 604(d)) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``provisions of law'' and inserting 
                ``laws''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) State laws relating to education.'';
            (2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
            ``(2) Limitations on amounts transferable to certain state 
        programs.--For fiscal year 2001 and each succeeding fiscal 
        year:
                    ``(A) Title xx programs.--From the amount of any 
                grant made to a State under section 403(a) for the 
                fiscal year, the State may use for State programs 
                pursuant to title XX not more than the amount by 
                which--
                            ``(i) 10 percent of the amount of the 
                        grant; exceeds
                            ``(ii) the amount (if any) used by the 
                        State under subparagraph (B) for the fiscal 
                        year.
                    ``(B) State education programs.--From the amount of 
                any grant made to a State under section 403(a) (except 
                section 403(a)(5)) for the fiscal year, the State may 
                use for State programs pursuant to State education laws 
                not more than 5.75 percent of the amount of the 
                grant.''; and
            (3) in paragraph (3)(A)--
                    (A) by striking ``provision of law specified'' and 
                inserting ``law referred to''; and
                    (B) by striking ``provision of law to'' and 
                inserting ``law to''.
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